Ted said:
"... Dawkins -- who, apart from his idea of religion being a "meme" that we "catch" like a virus, hasn't had an original thought about religion in his life."

If religion were just a man-made meme, maybe there would be a way to test it. For example, what if it is discovered that there is nothing new (revelatory wise) from the OT or NT? Would that mean that everything about Christianity evolved, since none of it was new?

Here are some items to consider:
-- Blood atonement
-- Eternal life

What was revealed from God to man, in the Bible, that other cultures didn't already have? Christ dying on the cross for sins is new, but there were other ways to sacrifice and atone for sins prior to Moses and Jesus.